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Artificial radioactivity: a crucial discovery for nuclear medicine made 90 years ago

… radioactivity: a crucial discovery for nuclear medicine made 90 years ago Artificial radioactivity: a crucial … in numerous ways, particularly in the field of medicine. Ninety years on, teams at Université Paris-Saclay continue to … parents in my mother's study and hearing them say: 'We're getting a NobelPrize!' ." That was November 1935. A month …

Published on: Tue 22/07/2025 - 09:35

Loïc Bertrand: Revealing previously unseen heritage knowledge through micro-imaging

… using micro-imaging and reveals the previously unseen secrets of certain heritage objects. Loïc Bertrand studied condensed-matter chemistry at the ‘École polytechnique’ between 1994 and 1997. He also attended optional courses in …

Published on: Fri 22/10/2021 - 09:25

Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system

… Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system Explorations into the … in the creation of a new individual. Abstruse and sometimes mysterious, it fascinates many scientists at the … sexes and results in the birth of an individual with new genetic material; in the second, an individual produces a …

Published on: Wed 08/02/2023 - 17:00

Launch of the 2022 “Science with and for Society” call for proposals

… Launch of the 2022 “Science with and for Society” call for proposals Launch of the 2022 “Science with and for Society” call for proposals Science and society Université … is one of eight French institutions to have been awarded the “Science with and for Society - SAPS” label (Science …

Published on: Tue 18/01/2022 - 17:26

Developing new antibiotics using gut microbiota

… Developing new antibiotics using gut microbiota Developing … against antibiotic resistance, is one of Olivier Berteau’s pet subjects at the Institute for Food Microbiology for Human … compounds. Olivier Berteau and his Chemistry and synthetic biology (ChemSyBio) team at the Micalis Institute have …

Published on: Tue 13/07/2021 - 13:31

Jean-Charles Soria: Fighting cancer on all fronts

… directed since January 2020 . Profile of a researcher who decided very early on to devote all his energy to fighting … Jean-Charles Soria. “Today, we know that it represents a plethora of sub-fragments corresponding to a good 15 diseases, … Jean-Charles Soria's research has highlighted the link between a certain number of cancers and the presence of very …

Published on: Fri 13/11/2020 - 10:26

Different states of condensed matter

… Different states of condensed matter Different states of condensed matter Research … Physicists of condensed matter at Université Paris-Saclay set out to conquer new electronic and magnetic properties of matter. “Oh! endless collage, shifting …

Published on: Wed 25/11/2020 - 16:57

An amazing protein that regulates the mobility of bacteria

… their movements. However, these bacteria in motion sometimes have to change direction. Jacqueline Cherfils and her … direction in a coordinated manner. Two proteins mainly determine the direction of movement of this bacteria: MglA …

Published on: Thu 06/02/2020 - 15:55

The green pea genome: when the assembled sequence sheds light on the evolution of the species

… time the genome sequence of the green pea. This work provides new information on the genomic history of this leguminous plant. In 1866, Pisum sativum L., better known as “green pea”, became the favourite subject of study of the founding father of genetics, Gregor Mendel. The monk and botanist from Silesia …

Published on: Sun 24/11/2019 - 12:45

Muscle physiology: How it works, therapies and other mysteries

… . Numbering 639 in the entire human body, skeletal muscles are organs whose primary function is to contract. Made up of muscle fibres grouped together in fasciculi, muscles enable the human body to move or …

Published on: Tue 16/07/2024 - 14:32

Annual day of the Agroecology Network (March 25, 2022)

… Annual day of the Agroecology Network (March 25, 2022) Annual day of the Agroecology Network (March 25, 2022) … Annual day of the Agroecology … other in a loop, in an interactive way. The afternoon was devoted to the positioning of the scientific community in …

Published on: Fri 06/05/2022 - 15:11

Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations

… Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations … Research The unstable morphology of many of the planet’s reliefs are cause for massive collapses. When these … CNRS) and the University of California, Santa Barbara, set an experimental modelling system of these phenomena. It …

Published on: Thu 16/12/2021 - 17:29